By Ellen Knickmeyer / The Associated Press Los Angeles—A Pakistani woman’s role as a shooter in the San Bernardino massacre is raising fears that foreign-born brides who support the Islamic State group could marry Americans to come to the US to carry out extremist missions. 

By Luis Leoncio President Aquino signed into law on December 8 the Tax Incentives and Management Act (Timta), which was much anticipated by the business sector, as it proposes to streamline the granting of government tax perks to business projects. 

By Jerry Maglunog Effective January 1, 2017, all 55 million automated teller machines (ATMs) cards and 8 million credit cards must shift to the Europay, MasterCard, Visa (EMV) standard, which basically means that the magnetic strip used in earlier credit cards will soon become history. However, as of now, no more than 30 percent of all ATMs and credit cards …

Mass-housing developer 8990 Holdings Inc. is in talks with a listed Singaporean company to form a joint venture to build up to 100,000 housing units in Tanzania, the largest of the East African countries.

By Riza Lozada Cosco Capital Inc., the retail holding firm of Lucio Co, reported a net income of P3.01 billion for the first nine months representing an 18 percent improvement from P2.55 billion profit a year ago.

By Riza Lozada Restaurant chain operator Max’s Group Inc. (MGI) signed a development agreement with De Borja Inc. to build at least three Max’s Restaurants in San Diego, California within the next five years.

By Riza Lozada Century Properties Group Inc. has secured a loan worth P2.2 billion to pave the way for a joint partnership with the Japanese giant Mitsubishi Corpo to build Forbes Media Tower in Makati.

San Bernardino, California— The Pakistani woman who joined her US-born husband in killing 14 people in a commando-style assault is at the center of a massive Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) terrorism investigation, yet she remains shrouded in mystery.

By Jerry Maglunog The inclusion of China’s currency, the renminbi, also called yuan, to the basket of currencies that will determine the value of reserves of every member of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will bolster trading between the Philippines and China, several observers said.

The Araneta Center in Cubao, Quezon City, is getting another facelift to make it a garden city, based on a new redevelopment plan for the business district.